Chicken And Broccoli {Slow Cooker Recipe}

Good morning, lovelies! I hope you’re having a good week. If you’ve been reading my blog for very long, you know that one of my favorite ways to fix a meal is in the slow cooker. I love to dump all the ingredients in and forget about it. I created this chicken and broccoli “casserole” in the slow cooker and every single time I make it, it is devoured.

Chicken, broccoli and rice is such a comfort food combination. Yum. Yum. Yum.

Chicken & Broccoli {In The Slow Cooker}

2 cups white rice {I use Basmati Rice}

1 quart organic chicken broth

1 onion chopped

4 cups fresh broccoli very coarsely chopped

2 chicken breasts

3-4 Tablespoons cold butter, sliced

Salt, to taste

1/4 teaspoon rosemary

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

16 ounces sour cream

3-4 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Lightly spray a large slow cooker crock. Pour in rice and chicken broth. Sprinkle with salt and stir. Layer onion, broccoli and chicken breasts. Sprinkle breasts with salt, rosemary and garlic powder. Place sliced butter over chicken breasts. Cover and cook on high for 4 1/2-5 hours until chicken breasts are cooked through.

Remove chicken breasts and cut into bite-sized pieces. Add chicken back to crock as well as sour cream and cheddar cheese. Stir all together. Add more salt, if desired.

Comments

This sounds great. I am so happy that I have all the ingredients here in the apartment to make this. We went from the 70’s to sitting here watching it snow in less that 48 hours. This sounds like the perfect meal for a cold night. ThanksElizabeth W´s last blog post ..If it were only this easy

This is my favorite crockpot recipe. It is for a Rotisserie-style chicken and uses a whole chicken and spices – easy peasy. My kids like it a lot and leftovers are great to use in quesadillas or a casserole or just to heat and serve again.

I’m always on the hunt for new (toddler-friendly) crock pot recipes and this was great! I made it last night and used thawed frozen broccoli because it’s what I had on hand. I didn’t chop it up beforehand (to save time). We all liked it! Thanks for the recipe. 🙂

I can’t wait to try this. Have you tried cooking it on low for longer? Did it still work out? I’m not familiar with cooking with rice in my crockpot, so I didn’t know if it would matter. We are gone on Sundays for around 7 hours, so I have been looking for great recipes to try out to have a meal all ready when we get home. That’s why I would need to cook it longer. Thanks! Looks yummy!

The recipe looks great, Myra. I’ve been searching through tons of recipes and it’s so nice to come to one that is clear and has a beautiful photo attached to it. As usual, your blog is lovely!Marty Walden´s last blog post ..Selah and Amy Perry “Glory:” Simple Gift Sunday

I just made this – I have an old, hand me down, Rival crockpot so I don’t know the size. The chicken was cooked in 3 hours, if not less. I just happened to check it at the 3 hour mark and saw the chicken was done. I think it is tasty. The rice IS mushy – kind of like a rice/mashed potato hybrid. I am used to this type of food, though. I was born and raised in the midwest and grew up with slow cookers, casseroles, and various incarnations of rice/broccoli/chicken. The real test will be when my husband tries it – he grew up on the beaches in Southern California where the word “casserole” has probably never been spoken.